Two of the alleged attackers were arrested at the scene while another two later surrendered.

NYPD said that charges were pending against a 14-year-old, 17-year-old and two 15-year-olds. A fifth suspect is still being sought.

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Authorities said the woman was accosted just after 9pm on Thursday as she and her father walked inside Osborn Playground in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn.

Police said there were five suspects, and one pointed a gun at the father and told him to leave. Each man raped the woman, police said. The father returned with two police officers, but the attackers fled.

The woman was treated at Kings County Hospital and released.

‘I am disgusted and deeply saddened by the horrific attack,’ New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

He added, ‘Every New Yorker in every neighborhood deserves to feel safe and protected, and we will not stop until the perpetrators of this disturbing attack are held accountable for their actions.’

‘A patrol car from the 73rd Precinct was approached on the street and told about the attack by the victim’s father, who directed the officers to the scene,’ police spokesman Stephen Davis said.

Brownsville: One of Brooklyn's most dangerous neighbourhoods

Brownsville, in east Brooklyn, is known as one of New York’s most dangerous neighbourhoods. High crime rates; problems with gangs, drugs and violence. There is a higher concentration of public housing in Brownsville than anywhere else in the United States and the gentrification of nearby areas like Park Slopes, with its kid-friendly cafes and hipster hangouts, hasn’t come close to Brownsville.

As Brooklyn-based photographer Reed Young mentioned after studying the place for a photo series in 2011: ‘There’s a saying in Brownsville that says if you’re 25, you’re either dead, or in jail or you’re done with the gang life. You’re one of the three because you can’t be much older and be out of that category.’